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Imagine

Imagine

Imagine The very first Pride March Saturday 1 July 1972 It was a hot, dry summer in London   They showed up A crowd of 700 Probably scared, anxious Excited Defiant   They walked They swaggered Danced Staggered   Imagine The very first Pride March  ...

Over to you, Babycakes

Over to you, Babycakes

Tales of the City, a 10-book series about life in San Francisco from the 1970s onwards are my all-time favourite books. The characters created by Armistead Maupin have accompanied me through all of my adult life. Michael ‘Mouse’ Tolliver. Mary Ann Singleton. Brian...

The truth about queer nature

The truth about queer nature

It’s been a full week since the Supreme Court made its landmark ruling about gender. In case you’ve missed it, what happened is that a group from Scotland appealed a ruling that had been made in the Scottish courts about whether trans women could take places on Boards...

Life before the Equalities Act 2010

Life before the Equalities Act 2010

Yesterday, the Supreme Court in the UK ruled that the legal definition of ‘a woman’ is based on biology, and biology alone. Not self-identification. Not gender recognition certificates. Not even gender reassignment surgery. What about intersex folk? Er, don’t know....

Rewilding Education – the first chapter

Rewilding Education – the first chapter

Preface From my vantage point, in a chair rather precariously balanced at the top of a ladder, my eyes survey the landscape. There is water, so much water, more than I have ever seen here before. The pools at the bottom of the hill are expanding, and I see birds, and...